Sunday, September 13, 2026 - Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted two shipments of synthetic cannabis, popularly known as Colorado, weighing 44.45kg in consolidated cargoes from the United Kingdom.
The NDLEA also recovered two consignments of the substance
concealed in music speakers at two motor parks in Lagos, with at least seven
suspects linked to the seized consignments arrested.
The agency disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by
its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.
“At the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International
Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos, NDLEA operatives intercepted a UK-inbound
consignment concealing 27 parcels of colos weighing 32.20kg, while a real
estate agent Abideen Jide Salami, who showed up with a secret collection code
relayed from his UK-based brother to collect a large luggage containing the
illicit substance was arrested on Wednesday 9th September 2026,” the statement
read.
“A follow-up operation stemming from a second UK consignment
led operatives to the designated recipient of another consignment of Colorado
weighing 12.25kg.
“The suspect Nurudeen Abiodun Kadiri, 44, said the
consignment was sent to him by his brother in the UK.”
Meanwhile, operatives of the Directorate of Operations and
General Investigation intercepted a music speaker rigged with three packs of
Colorado at a motor park in Maza-Maza, Lagos.
The consignment was reportedly headed to Abidjan, Côte
d’Ivoire, and ultimately Liberia.
A tour agent, Ifeanyi Obed Augustine, 41, and the owner of
the consignment, Obasi Ugochukwu, 46, were arrested after a sting operation at
a nearby eatery, according to the NDLEA.
In a separate operation at Iddo Park, the agency said a
suspect, Ifeanyi Nwokolo Henry, was arrested on Friday, September 11, while
attempting to dispatch 2.1kg of Colorado to Kano.
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